Democracy Interrupted:Constructing a food etopia on top of crumbling foundations

As senior scientist and director of the Food & Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, Richardo Salvador works with citizens, scientists, economists and politicians to transition our current food system into one that uses sustainable practices to produce healthy foods.Salvador will share his view that many preventable diseases result from food systems in a way that benefits a few large agribusiness firms and that changes in practices can improve public health.